Regional & State Archives

Beshear seeks one more month of pandemic food benefits

by Melissa Patrick
March 29, 2022

Earlier this month, Republicans overrode Gov. Andy Beshear's veto of their resoltuion to end the COVID-19 state of emergency. Beshear said it would take food benefits from Kentuckians. Re

Rural Ky. paper perseveres after tornado decimates town

by The Rural Blog
March 29, 2022

Tessa Duvall, who previously reported on Hopkinsville and Christian County for the Kentucky New Era and now works for the Courier Journal, recently wrote about what it has been like for the sole reporter at the Mayfield Messenger.

Senate committee advances bill tightening rules for food benefits, Medicaid

by Liam Niemeyer
March 29, 2022

The bill went through revisions before being heard by the Senate Health and Welfare Committee, changes that were not published online for the public to see until after the committee passed it by a 9-2 vote.

Bipartisan bill seeks permanent Office of Rural Prosperity in the White House

by Bryce Oates
March 28, 2022

The Office of Rural Prosperity would coordinate rural economic development across government and would be led by a presidential appointee.

Librarians say bill could endanger nonpartisan mission of Kentucky’s public libraries

by Derek Operle
March 26, 2022

Senate Bill 167 would give judge-executives in most counties in the state the ability to decide who sits on public library boards.

Future of Western Kentucky arts community remains uncertain

by Lily Burris
March 24, 2022

Other places have pitched in to support the Ice House Gallery, which was destroyed during the December tornado outbreak.

TVA to invest $3.5B in gas-burning plants instead of expanding renewable energy sources

by The Rural Blog
March 23, 2022

Environmental advocates says the TVA directors are going to slowly in a transition to renewable power.

Ky. tourism agencies tout $5.3M in federal money

by Liam Niemeyer
March 23, 2022

The tourism offices in Hopkinsville and Oak Grove will receive a combine $61,744.

HUD to give Kentucky more than $70 million in disaster relief funds

by Lily Burris
March 22, 2022

The funds will help communities have better resilience to long-term disasters and greater resources to “ensure equitable outcomes for underserved households” that are disproportionately affected by disasters.

The end is nigh: Where things stand in the Kentucky Legislature

by Ryland Barton
March 21, 2022

As the legislative session comes to an end, both chambers of the legislature have massive priorities — and Republicans are firmly in the driver's seat.

Kentucky kept collecting UK medical debt after acknowledging due process violations

by Jared Bennett
March 19, 2022

UK HealthCare has powerful debt collection tools at its disposal thanks to its partnership with the Department of Revenue, which can garnish wages, levy bank accounts or intercept tax returns to get at money allegedly owed to the university — all without a court order.

NWS details science, events of December tornado outbreak

by Lily Burris
March 17, 2022

NWS officials spoke at a workshop Thursday in Paducah about what weather models revealed leading up to the night of Dec. 10, and the effectiveness of storm warnings.